New Zealand Gazette – 2001 – No. 109

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✨ Food Standards Code Amendments



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Editorial note:
When determining the values to be included in the declaration in this clause, it should be done so on the basis that the water added to the electrolyte drink base, to make up the electrolyte drink does not contribute to the declared values.

8 Claims in relation to the tonicity of electrolyte drinks

(1) A claim that an electrolyte drink is isotonic may only be made if the electrolyte drink has an average osmolality of 250 - 340 milliOsmol/L.

(2) Where a claim is made that an electrolyte drink is isotonic, hypertonic or hypotonic, the osmolality of the electrolyte drink as measured in milliOsmol/L must be declared on the label of the package.

(3) The label on a package of isotonic electrolyte drink may include words to the effect that the product is designed to promote the availability of energy and to prevent or treat mild dehydration that may occur as a result of sustained strenuous exercise.

Editorial note:
A claim that an electrolyte drink is isotonic is not considered a nutrition claim for the purposes of Standard 1.2.8 of this Code.

For New Zealand purposes, if a claim is made on a product under subclause 7 (3), the claim would contravene the New Zealand Medicines Act, unless the claim has been approved by the Minister.

[26] The Food Standards Code is varied by inserting immediately following Standard 2.6.3 –

STANDARD 2.6.4
FORMULATED CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES

Purpose
The purpose of this Standard is to regulate non-alcoholic water-based flavoured formulated caffeinated beverages that are manufactured for the purpose of enhancing mental performance.

Table of Provisions

1 Interpretation
2 Composition
3 Labelling

1 Interpretation
In this Standard –

caffeine means all caffeine present from whatever source in a formulated caffeinated beverage.

formulated caffeinated beverage means a non-alcoholic water-based flavoured beverage which contains caffeine and may contain carbohydrates, amino acids, vitamins and other substances, including other foods, for the purpose of enhancing mental performance.

one-day quantity in relation to formulated caffeinated beverage, means the maximum amount of that food that should be consumed in one day in accordance with the directions specified in the label.

2 Composition

(1) A formulated caffeinated beverage must contain no less than 145 mg/L and no more than 320 mg/L of caffeine.

Editorial note:
Standard 1.3.1 (Item 14.1.3 of Schedule 1) regulates food additives for the purposes of this standard. The addition of caffeine to formulated caffeinated beverages goes beyond a technological function under Standard 1.3.1 and, therefore, the permission for the addition of caffeine is located in this Standard rather than in Standard 1.3.1.

(2) A formulated caffeinated beverage may contain the substances listed in column 1 of the Table to this subclause, provided the amount of that substance present in the food is no more than the amount specified in relation to that substance in column 2 of the Table.

Table to subclause 2 (2)

Column 1 Column 2
Substance Maximum amount per one-day quantity
Thiamin 40 mg
Riboflavin 20 mg
Niacin 40 mg
Vitamin B6 10 mg
Vitamin B12 10 µg
Pantothenic acid 10 mg
Taurine 2000 mg
Glucuronolactone 1200 mg
Inositol 100 mg

(3) A formulated caffeinated beverage must not be mixed with a non-alcoholic beverage as standardised under Standard 2.6.2.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Australia New Zealand Food Authority Variations to the Food Standards Code (Amendment No. 55) (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food Standards Code, Amendment No. 55, Ice Cream, Compositional Requirements, Milk Fat, Food Solids, Fruit Juice, Vegetable Juice, Sugars, Salt, Herbs, Spices, Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Brewed Soft Drinks, Packaged Water, Electrolyte Drinks, Labelling Requirements, Arsenic, Barium, Borate, Cadmium, Chromium VI, Copper, Cyanide, Fluoride, Lead, Manganese, Mercury, Nitrate, Nitrite, Organic Matter, Selenium, Sulphide, Zinc

🏥 Electrolyte Drinks Claims and Standards

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Electrolyte drinks, Osmolality, Nutrition claims, Medicines Act, Labeling requirements

🏥 Standard 2.6.4 Formulated Caffeinated Beverages

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Formulated caffeinated beverages, Mental performance, Caffeine content, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic acid, Taurine, Glucuronolactone, Inositol, Composition, Labelling, Food additives